Wordpress-Plugin / acf-google-maps

Advanced Custom Fields google map addon

Google Maps Address Locator

Addon for Advanced Custom Fields to show addresses.

Dependencies

1. Advanced Custom Fields must be installed.

Installation

• Find the location of your theme folder
• Make a directory for the addon inside your theme files called library/php/acf-addons/
• Copy the contents of this repo into the directory

cd `~/sites/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/` 
mkdir -p library/php/acf-addons
cp -r ~/Downloads/acf-google-maps/* library/php/acf-addons/

• Edit functions.php to include the ACF addon

if(function_exists("register_field")) {
  register_field('acf_google_maps', dirname(__FILE__) . '/library/php/acf-addons/acf-google-maps/main.php');
}

Usage

The Google map addon stores data in an array.

Array
(
    [search_string] => 1600 penselvania ave washington dc
    [name] => The White House
    [street] => 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
    [city] => Washington
    [state] => DC
    [zip] => 20500
    [address] => 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20500
    [google_address] => 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20500, USA
    [lat] => 38.8976777
    [lng] => -77.036517
)

The plugin also store the lat and lng coordinates in wp_post_meta table with the meta keys _address_lat and _address_lng. This is useful if you need any kind of store or event locator functionality.